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"I'm in the same camp (as Milne) with regard to Google pointing a satellite at the coordinates and getting an answer, if that's possible.

"But I'd like to go sooner rather than later and really need to set aside and sort a plan."

And Milne added: "Based on the highly suspicious claim made by Malaysian ATC to Ho Chi Minh ATC, it would be very helpful if Google would be available to take a moment and revisit the suspect location with real-time satellite technology.

"To rule in or rule out this site as being one of the two possible land sites we are cross referencing as per my investigation."

The plane took off from the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014, and disappeared during a handover between Malaysian and Vietnamese air-traffic controllers with the transponder shut down.

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Records released by the Malaysian Transport Ministry show that air traffic controllers were told by Malaysian Airlines the plane was in Cambodian airspace.

Hoh Chi Minh City controllers even sought confirmation that it was in Phnom Penh, east of Wilson's Google Maps sighting.

But this was later judged to be incorrect.

Investigators believe it crashed into the Indian Ocean, although they concede they will never know until either the jet or black boxes are found.